Enrollment Information

This page contains information about transfer credits, housing, and degree requirements.

Transfer Credits

If you are admitted as a transfer student, you will need to have your final official transcript sent directly from your previous institution(s) to the Office of Registrar.  Additionally, you will be responsible for submitting syllabi for each course you completed to the Registrar for evaluation.  The materials should be forwarded to the Office of the Registrar as soon as you complete your final term.

Transfer credit is awarded for liberal arts courses completed at four year degree granting institutions. Credit will not be given for courses that are more elementary than those for which Dartmouth normally grants credit (Pre-calculus, for example) or do not fall within the liberal arts (Bookkeeping or Marketing, for example). Credits given by the previous institution(s) for courses taken prior to matriculation,  also will be evaluated according to Dartmouth standards. All departments or programs reserve the right to restrict the granting of transfer credit.

For further information concerning degree requirements, transfer requirements, and credit granting procedures, please see the Dartmouth Registrars Office web site.

Specific questions regarding the granting of transfer credit can be directed to Sally Gonzalez, Associate Registrar, 6014 McNutt Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, or via email at Registrar@Dartmouth.EDU.

Housing

If you are accepted as a transfer student, you are guaranteed on-campus housing for your first term at Dartmouth. After the first term at Dartmouth, you must apply for housing through the Office of Residential Life.

If you wish to live off-campus during your first term, you must receive permission to do so from the Upperclass Dean's Office.

For more information concerning housing policies, please visit the Office of Residential Life's website or contact the Undergraduate Housing Office at (603) 646 - 3093 or email Residential.Life@Dartmouth.EDU.

Degree Requirements

The Bachelor of Arts degree is awarded to all qualified students who have fulfilled the degree requirements. These requirements include: Residence (fall, winter, and spring terms of the freshman and senior years; summer term following the sophomore year), Course Count (35 courses passed), Specific Course Requirements (for example, Foreign Language and Distributives, including World Culture, Arts and Natural Sciences requirements), and a Major.

Transfer students must fulfill these degree requirements with the following modifications:

1. Students transferring to Dartmouth will be allowed a maximum combination  of 17 course and/or advanced placement credits. No further transfer credits will be allowed after matriculation.
2. The minimum number of enrollment terms will be six for all transfer students.
3. A summer term residence will be required of all transfer students. Students transferring after their first year will be in residence the summer following their sophomore year (as is the requirement for all Dartmouth students). Students transferring after their second year will be encouraged to be in residence that same summer. The admissions process will be completed early enough to allow students to plan for the appropriate summer in residence, and the Admission Office will notify students accordingly.
4. Students admitted after their second year must file a major card during their first term in residence at Dartmouth.
5. Course equivalency and transferability are based upon departmental recommendation after review of the individual course syllabi provided by the transfer student.  Coursework to be applied to major or minors must be approved by the appropriate department.
6. Degree requirements for transfer students are the same as for all other students with the exception of the Freshman Seminar, first year residence, and physical education requirements, all of which are waived. All transfer students must satisfy the senior residence requirement.